I-Pop Quiz: Zingaphi iindiza zeenqwelo moya zase-US ezibonelela ngokufikelela kwi-intanethi kwi-intanethi kubo bonke abakhweli?
Ukuba uphendule ngokuthi “akukho nanye,” zibambe emqolo kuba uchanekile ngokupheleleyo. Kodwa oko kuza kutshintsha. Okwangoku, i-JetBlue - enye yezona nqwelomoya zineentambo e-US - inenqwelomoya enye enikezela ngenkonzo ye-imeyile encinci, kodwa hayi ukusefa kwiWebhu ngokupheleleyo.
Ilizwekazi, i-Southwest, Virgin America, kunye ne-American Airlines ziphakathi kovavanyo lwabathwali okanye ukusungula i-imeyile epheleleyo kunye neenkonzo zokufikelela kwiWebhu kwiinyanga ezizayo. Ukuba konke kuhamba njengoko bekucwangcisiwe, ekuqaleni ukuya embindini ka-2009, abahambi kufuneka babe neendlela ezahlukeneyo zokukhetha ukufikelela kwi-Intanethi kwinqwelomoya.
Xa kuziwa ekuboneleleni ngezixhobo zobuchwepheshe, zimbalwa kuphela iinqwelomoya ezihamba phambili, uphawula uHenry H. Harteveldt, usekela-mongameli kunye nomhlalutyi oyintloko wenqwelomoya/umhlalutyi weshishini lokuhamba kwiForrester Research. Iyaqondakala loo nto, xa kujongwa isiphithiphithi soqoqosho esithe safunyanwa sishishini leenqwelo moya kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo.
Ngeli xesha, imfuno yehlabathi jikelele yeePC eziphathwayo ihlala isanda. I-DisplaySearch ilindele ukuba iincwadi zokubhalela ezizizigidi ezingama-228.8 ziya kuthengiswa kwihlabathi liphela kulo nyaka - phantse ngokuphindwe kalishumi kunoko ngo-2001.
Kukubheja okukhuselekileyo ukuba amanani akhulayo abasebenzisi belaptop aya kuthi aguqulele kwimfuno ekhulayo yokufikelela kwi-Intanethi kwinqwelomoya. Uphando lwamva nje lweForrester lubonisa iipesenti ezingama-57 zabo bonke abakhweli bokuzonwabisa base-US banomdla wokuya kwi-Intanethi ngexesha lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya.
Nantsi i-PC World roundup yezona nqwelomoya zibalaseleyo zase-US kunye nezamazwe ngamazwe kubahambi beshishini kunye nabalandeli betekhnoloji. Injongo yethu: Ukunceda ukwenza uhambo lwakho olulandelayo lwenqwelomoya lube lula, lunemveliso - kwaye lonwabise - kangangoko kunokwenzeka.
Ukumisela abathwali abaphezulu kwezi njongo, sithathele ingqalelo umgangatho weewebhusayithi zeenqwelomoya; ukufumaneka kwebrowser yeselula kunye nezixhobo zeSMS; izinto eziluncedo kwisango lokusuka; uqhagamshelo kwinqwelomoya kunye nokhetho lokuzonwabisa; kunye nokufumaneka kwamazibuko ombane kuzo zonke iikhabhini. Siphinde sajonga kwezona zikhululo zeenqwelo moya zase-US 'ezinengcingo', sigweba apho ungafumana khona uqhagamshelo lwe-Wi-Fi, izitishi zokutshaja umbane, nokunye.
Kuya kufuneka wazi ukuba zeziphi iinqwelomoya onokuziphepha, okwangoku. Uluhlu lwethu lweyona nqwelomoya incinci ye-tech-savvy ikuxelela ukuba ngabaphi abathwali ababonelela kancinci kwindlela yolonwabo olukwinqwelomoya, izibuko zamandla, kunye nezinye iindlela ezikrelekrele.
Ezona nqwelomoya zeTech-Savvy zaseMelika
Ngokubhekiselele kwizinto eziluncedo zobuchwepheshe, ezinye iindleko ezisezantsi ezinje ngeVirgin America kunye neJetBlue zihamba phambili kwezona zithuthi zinkulu.
1. I-Virgin America: Iindawo ezininzi zokuthengisa amandla - kunye nomyalezo okhawulezileyo
Izihlalo zomqeqeshi kuyo yonke inqwelomoya zinezixhobo zombane eziyi-110-volt - okuthetha ukuba awuzukufuna iadaptha yeplagi ukunika amandla ilaptop yakho. Uninzi lweenqwelomoya azizange zongeze izibuko zamandla kwizihlalo ezininzi njengoko iVirgin America inazo, kwaye uninzi lwamazibuko amandla eenqwelomoya zifuna iadaptha yokuplaga.
Ukongeza, iVirgin America ibonelela ngeziqhagamshelo ze-USB ezihlalweni kuzo zonke iikhabhathi zayo, ikuvumela ukuba uhlawule ii-iPod zakho kunye nezinye izixhobo ezihambelana ne-USB. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya iya kukhupha uqhagamshelo lwe-Intanethi olungenazingcingo kwinqwelomoya kulo lonke u-2008.
Inkqubo yokuzonwabisa yaseVirgin America kwinqwelomoya, ebizwa ngokuba yiRed, inescreen esine-intshi eyi-9. Usebenzisa isikrini, unokufikelela kwiprogram yeaudiyo, imidlalo, iimuvi ezihlawulelwayo, kunye neTV yesathelayithi. Kwaye njani oku kupholile? Ungasebenzisa isikrini sakho ukuthumela imiyalezo ngoko nangoko kwabanye abakhweli kwinqwelomoya kunye nokuodola ukutya.
2. I-JetBlue: Inkampani yokuqala yase-US ene-imeyile ye-flight kunye ne-TV ephilayo
I-JetBlue yayingumthwali wokuqala wase-US ukunika iTV yesathelayithi ephilayo kwizikrini ezihlala ngasemva kuzo zonke iikhabhathi zayo. I-TV isimahla ukubukela, kodwa iimuvi ezihlawulwa ngokujongwa zii-5 zeedola nganye kwaye azibonelelwa ngemfuno. Abakhweli banokumamela izitishi ezili-100 ze-XM Satellite Radio simahla.
Omnye umahluko: I-JetBlue yenye yabathwali abambalwa base-US ukuba banikeze ukufikelela kwi-intanethi ye-wireless yamahhala kumasango okuhamba - ngokukodwa kwi-Airport ye-JFK kunye ne-Long Beach, eCalifornia, i-terminals. I-JetBlue ayiboneleli ngamazibuko amandla angaphakathi, nangona kunjalo.
NgoDisemba 2007, i-JetBlue yaqala ukuvavanya inguqulo elinganiselwe yenkonzo ye-intanethi ye-intanethi kwi-Airbus A320 enye, ngoDisemba 2007. Ngexesha lovavanyo, abakhweli abaneelaptops banokuthumela kwaye bafumane i-imeyile ngeYahoo Mail kunye nemiyalezo ekhawulezileyo ngeYahoo Messenger, ngelixa abasebenzisi abane-Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerrys (i-8820 kunye neCurve 8320) banokuthumela kwaye bafumane imiyalezo nge-Wi-Fi. I-JetBlue iceba ukuqalisa ukunika ufikelelo olupheleleyo lwe-intanethi ye-broadband kwiinqanawa zayo ngexesha elithile kulo nyaka.
3. American Airlines: Tops phakathi abathwali ezinkulu amazibuko amandla, izixhobo eziphathwayo
Nangona ingekho 'njengesexy' njengexabiso eliphantsi njenge-Virgin America kunye ne-JetBlue, i-American Airlines iphezulu phakathi kwezithuthi ezinkulu zase-US kwiinkonzo zayo ezininzi ezinobuhlobo.
Izixhobo zokubhukisha zaseMelika zingaphezulu komndilili. Xa usenza uhambo, umzekelo, unokufumana umbono wokujonga nje uhlobo lwenqwelomoya, ixesha lokuhamba lilonke, iimayile zohambo olufunyenweyo, kunye nokutya okwenziwayo.
NgoJanuwari kulo nyaka, iMelika yazisa indawo yayo yesikhangeli sefowuni. Ungangena kwinqwelomoya yakho; jonga iindlela zohambo, ubume benqwelomoya, kunye neeshedyuli; kwaye ufumane ulwazi oluhlaziyiweyo lwemozulu kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya.
Kungekudala uza kukwazi ukubhukisha iinqwelomoya, utshintshe ugcino lwakho, ujonge izinto ezikhethekileyo zokuhamba, kwaye ucele uphuculo okanye ubhalise kwinkqubo yokubhabha yaseMelika rhoqo kwisikhangeli sakho seWebhu esiphathwayo. Zimbalwa ezinye iinqwelomoya zase-US - ngakumbi kuMntla-ntshona - ngoku zibonelela ngobubanzi besakhono seselula.
Mhlawumbi okona kubalulekileyo, ngaphandle kweVirgin America, iMelika kuphela kwento enkulu ethwala iUS ukunika amazibuko amandla kuzo zonke iiklasi zokuhlala kwiinqwelomoya ezininzi. Amathuba mahle ukuba ugcine ilaptop yakho inikwe amandla ngezibuko lamandla eDC kwiAirbus A300 yaseMelika; iBoeing 737, 767, kunye ne-777; kunye neenqwelomoya zeMD80.
Ingqalelo: Amazibuko ombane akafumaneki kuzo zonke iikhabhinethi zoqoqosho kuzo zonke ezo nqwelo-moya. Jonga i-SeatGuru malunga nokufumaneka kwezibuko lamandla phambi kokubhukisha. Kwakhona, uya kudinga i-DC auto/air adapter yamandla ukuplaga kwilaptop yakho.
I-American isandula ukuqala ukufaka kunye nokuvavanya ukufikelela kwi-Intanethi kwi-Intanethi kwinqwelomoya yayo i-Boeing 767-200 kulo nyaka. Injongo kukuqhuba iimvavanyo ze-Aircell air-to-ground broadband system kwi-15 yeenqwelo-moya zayo ze-767-200, ngokukodwa kwiinqwelomoya ezidlulayo, ngeso elijonge ukubonelela ngenkonzo kubo bonke abakhweli bayo abaqala ngexesha elithile kulo nyaka.
Inkqubo ye-Aircell iya kunika abakhweli ukufikelela kwi-Intanethi, kunye okanye ngaphandle koqhagamshelwano lwe-Virtual Private Network (VPN), kwii-laptops ezine-Wi-Fi, iiPDA, kunye neenkqubo zokudlala eziphathekayo. Njengazo zonke ezinye iinkqubo ze-broadband ze-flight ezivavanywa ngabathwali base-US, inkqubo ye-Aircell ayiyi kuvumela ifowuni okanye inkonzo yeVoIP.
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Abathwali bamazwe ngamazwe - ngakumbi kwiindlela ezihamba ixesha elide njengeNew York ukuya eLondon - babonelela abahambi beshishini kunye nabalandeli betekhnoloji nezinto ezinomdla ngakumbi.
1.Singapore Airlines: A PC esitulweni sakho
Imo ye-geek-friendly factor yase-Singapore Airlines kunzima ukuyibetha. Qwalasela oku: Nakumqeqeshi, izikrini ezihlala ngasemva zikwasebenza njengeePC ezisekwe kwiLinux, eziquka iSun Microsystems's StarOffice software yemveliso.
Inkqubo nganye yokubuyela umva ibandakanya izibuko le-USB, ukuze ukwazi ukuqhagamshela ubhontsi wakho okanye i-hard drive ephathekayo kwaye ulayishe amaxwebhu akho. Ungasebenzisa izibuko ukuqhagamshela ikhibhodi ye-USB okanye imouse. Ulibale ukuzisa ikhibhodi? Inkampani yeenqwelomoya iyakuthengisela enye.
Izikrini zaseSingapore ziphakathi kwezona zisombululo zikhulu kwaye ziphezulu kuyo nayiphi na inkqubo yokuzonwabisa yenqwelomoya. Abakhweli bomqeqeshi bane-LCD ye-intshi eyi-10.6, ngelixa abahambi beklasi yeshishini bafumana isikrini se-15.4-intshi. Kubakhweli bodidi lokuqala, isibhakabhaka singumda: isikrini se-intshi engama-23.
Inkqubo yokonwabisa yeKrisWorld yenkampani yomoya iya kukugcina uxakekile, nawe, ngeemuvi ezili-100, iinkqubo zikamabonakude ezili-150, iiCD zomculo ezingama-700, izikhululo zikanomathotholo ezingama-22, kunye nemidlalo engama-65. Unokufikelela kwizifundo zeelwimi zasemzini zaseBerlitz, isiqulatho sokuhamba seZikhokelo eziRhwaphilizo, kunye nohlaziyo lweendaba.
I-Singapore Airlines inikezela nge-110-volt, amandla angaphakathi kuzo zonke iiklasi kwi-Airbus 340-500 kunye ne-Boeing 777-300ER inqwelomoya. Abathandi beenqwelomoya bayaqaphela: I-Singapore Airlines yaba yeyokuqala ukubhabha inqwelomoya enkulu iAirbus A380. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ithi ngoku ithathela ingqalelo iinketho zokubonelela nge-Intanethi kwinqwelomoya.
2. Emirates Airlines: Umyalezo obhaliweyo kunye ne-imeyile kwi $1 pop
Abakhweli kwi-Emirates Airlines banokuthumela kwaye bafumane i-SMS kunye ne-imeyile ngokusebenzisa izikrini zokuchukumisa i-seatback ye-$ 1 ngomyalezo ngamnye. Ungasebenzisa ilaptop yakho ene-Wi-Fi kwinqwelomoya ye-Emirates' Airbus A340-500 ukufumana i-imeyile. Iimbono zexesha langempela lesibhakabhaka kunye nomhlaba othathwe kwiikhamera ezikwibhodi ziyinxalenye yenkqubo yokuzonwabisa kwinqwelomoya.
3. Air Canada: Iselula yakho yipasi yakho yokukhwela
I-Air Canada ibonelela ngezixhobo ezininzi zebrawuza ephathwayo, ezinjengokungena ngenqwelomoya kunye nokukwazi ukujonga ithayimthebhile epheleleyo yenkampani yenqwelomoya. Ikwayenye yeenqwelomoya ezimbalwa ezikuvumela ukuba usebenzise iselfowuni yakho njengepasi lokukhwela. Uninzi lwezikrini zayo ezihlala ngasemva zibonelela ngeemuvi zasimahla, iinkqubo zeTV, kunye nomculo ofunwayo - nakumqeqeshi - kunye ne-USB kunye namazibuko ombane.
4. ILufthansa: Uvulindlela kwinqwelomoya ye-Intanethi
ILufthansa yaba yeyokuqala inqwelo moya ukubonelela ngeConnexion yeBoeing engasekhoyo ngeBoeing kwinqwelomoya inkonzo yeWi-Fi. I-airline ithi ngoku ivavanya enye inkonzo ye-Wi-Fi ekwibhodi.
Okwangoku, abahambi banokusebenzisa iiselfowuni zabo ukujonga iinqwelomoya zeLufthansa, bajonge rhoqo iibhalansi zeeflyer mileage, bafumane ulwazi malunga neendlela zokuhamba zokuya nokubuya kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya, kwaye babhukishe uhambo lwexesha elizayo. Abakhweli bodidi lokuqala kunye nodidi lweshishini banamazibuko ombane okugcina iilaptop zabo zincwina.
Ezona zikhululo zeenqwelo moya zase-US zeTechies
Zeziphi izikhululo zeenqwelo moya zase-US ezizezona zilungele abahambi beshishini kunye nabalandeli betekhnoloji? Ukufumanisa, sijonge kwizinto eziluncedo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya ezinje ngokugquba kweWi-Fi kunye nokubakho kwamazibuko ombane, izitishi zokutshaja, iikhiyoski ze-Intanethi, nokunye.
1. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDenver sesinye sezikhululo zeenqwelomoya zase-US ezinkulu ezibonelela nge-Wi-Fi yasimahla kwiindawo ezininzi. Ukuphelisa iindleko, uya kubona intengiso - efana nevidiyo yemizuzwana engama-30 - xa ungena. Isilumkiso: Isikhululo seenqwelo-moya mvanje siye safumana imixholo ephambili yokuvalwa kweWebhsayithi yezikhululo zeenqwelo-moya ekucingelwa ukuba zikhohlakele. Kodwa ngokunjalo, isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDenver sinee-kiosks zamaziko oshishino abandakanya iitheminali zekhompyuter ezixhotyiswe ngezicelo zemveliso yeofisi, abashicileli belaser, kunye nezibuko zamandla zokutshaja.
2. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseMcCarran (eLas Vegas): NjengoDenver, isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLas Vegas sibonelela simahla, i-Wi-Fi exhaswa yintengiso kuzo zonke iitheminali zayo. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya songeza amazibuko ombane kwiindawo zokuhlala kwaye siguqule iifowuthi zefowuni zibe ziindawo zokutshaja igajethi.
3. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International sineenkonzo zenethiwekhi ye-Wi-Fi ubuncinane ezintlanu kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, nangona kungekho simahla. I-Delta, esebenza indawo enkulu apha, ibonelela ngamaziko okuhlaziya/endawo yokusebenzela kumasango athile okusuka. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sikwanamaziko oshishino eRegus Express/Laptop Lane kwizitishi ezintathu.
4. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sasePhoenix Sky Harbour kunye neOrlando International Airport zibonelela ngeWi-Fi yasimahla kufutshane namasango kunye neendawo zokuthengisa. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sasePhoenix Sky Harbour International kutshanje silungise ngokutsha iSitenali 4 saso esixakekileyo, sisenza iindawo ezintsha ezininzi apho abasebenzisi bekhompyuter banokubeka iilaptops zabo kwishelufa kwaye baplage kwindawo yokuphuma. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseOrlando sikwabonelela ngeevenkile ze-Intanethi zikawonke-wonke.
5. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sasePhiladelphia saMazwe ngaMazwe sibonelela ngenkonzo yeWi-Fi kuzo zonke iitheminali zayo ezisimahla ngeempelaveki kodwa zifuna umrhumo ngoMvulo ukuya ngooLwezihlanu. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sikwabonelela ngeendawo zokusebenzela ezingaphezu kwe-100 kuzo zonke iindawo zokukhwela isango elineendawo zombane, kunye neziko loshishino lweRegus Express/Laptop Lane.
Iingcebiso ezimbalwa ezikhawulezayo: Awuyifumani inethiwekhi ye-Wi-Fi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya? Hlala ngaphandle kwendawo yokuphumla yobulungu kwinqwelomoya. Uninzi lunikezela nge-Wi-Fi kubathengi babo, ngesiqhelo ngentlawulo. Kwakhona, qiniseka ukuba upakisha umtya wamandla odibeneyo kwingxowa yakho yelaptop ukuba ufuna ukwabelana ngesokethi eludongeni kwisango lokusuka. Kwaye ukuba ulindele i-layover ende, fumana ukuba ihotele yesikhululo seenqwelomoya ekufutshane ibonelela nge-Wi-Fi kwindawo yayo yokutyela okanye kwindawo yokutyela, okanye kumagumbi ayo eendwendwe.
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Ayizizo zonke iinqwelomoya eziya kuthumela abahambi beshishini kunye nabalandeli betekhnoloji benyuka. Ezinye, ezinkulu nezincinci, aziboneleli ngezona nkonzo zisisiseko - ezinje ngokonwabisa ukonwabisa kwinqwelomoya kwiinqwelomoya ezinqumla ilizwe. Nazi iinqwelomoya ezintlanu onokufuna ukuzikhwebula kuzo, ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukeneyo.
I-United Airlines, ngaphandle kobukhulu bayo obukhulu, ibonelela kancinci malunga nokonwaba. Ngokomzekelo, enye kuphela yeenqwelo-moya zayo - i-Boeing 757 - okwangoku inika izibuko zamandla kumqeqeshi, ngelixa abathwali bexabiso eliphantsi njenge-Virgin America, i-JetBlue, kunye ne-Alaska Airlines babonakala besebenza nzima ngakumbi ekongezeni ukufikelela kwi-intanethi ye-intanethi kubakhweli. UQoqosho lwe-United's Plus - izitulo zomqeqeshi ezinegumbi elongezelelweyo lomlenze - zinika abasebenzisi beelaptop indawo eninzi yokusebenza, nangona kunjalo.
I-AirTran ayiboneleli ngevidiyo yokonwabisa kwaye akukho zibuko zamandla, kodwa unokumamela irediyo yesathelayithi yeXM kuzo zonke izitulo kwinqwelomoya. Enkosi, kodwa singathanda ukuba bagxile kubuchwephesha beshishini.
I-Qantas kunye ne-Air France zibonelela ngeenkonzo zobuchwepheshe obuphambili kunye nezinto eziluncedo kubahambi. Zombini ziphakathi kweenqwelomoya ezenza uvavanyo olulinganiselweyo lokusetyenziswa kweselfowuni kwinqwelomoya. Nangona abanye abakhweli beza kukubona oku njengengxaki, uphando lwakutshanje lweForrester Research lubonise ukuba bamalunga ne-16 ekhulwini kuphela abakhenkethi base-US abathi bangathanda ukusebenzisa iiselfowuni xa bekwinqwelomoya.
